Tuesday, November 22, 2011

After my crazy "Galaxy" eyes last night, I was feeling inspired. I've also noticed that a big trend right now, is having a pop of color on the inner part of the eye... and I so wanted to give it a try! So, this morning, I got out my blue painters tape, taped off the side (gives you a nice crisp edge) and went to work.

Crazy Face!

And a close up!

Really, it was much calmer than I originally thought it would be. I tend to get carried away sometimes.. haha! Sorry about the hairs going in to my eyes... I didn't have my hair pinned back.

On the news this morning they talked about a study that was done. Around 1/3 of all bosses/employers do NOT like it when a woman comes to work with bright eye makeup or red lips. What do you think about that? I'm glad I work at a salon where I am encouraged to do those things!

I'll be out of town for Thanksgiving so I probably will not be posting while I'm away! I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!

Monday, November 21, 2011

In my Facebook group, Never Too Much Sparkle, we have weekly challenges. I LOVE them! This week our theme is Galaxy!! I only had a few days to decide what I was going to do and execute it since I leave on Wednesday to meet Ling's parents for the first time (can we say NERVOUS!?), and I'll be gone all weekend. I'd rather them not know the crazy side of me... yet!

So I spent the last couple days thinking about what I could do. There are always confetti stars... but that is so cliche, right? And then there is your typical dark eye with glitter or something... and I didn't want to do those. As I was watching TV tonight, I looked up at the painting above our TV. Last year, for Christmas, Zach did a painting for Ling. (Zach is my baby brother. He's 21 and has down syndrome. He is a great artist and very musically gifted as well.) Lings zodiac is the Taurus, so that is what Zach's painting is based on.

I LOVE this painting. I actually love all of his art... its in almost every room of our house (two in my room actually)!

So yea, that is my inspiration. Now on to the look!

Okay, I'm a little lazy right now. I have absolutly no other makeup on my face besides eye makeup and I only did one eye.

What I used:
Smashbox Photo Finish Eye Primer
NYX JEP's in Milk and Purple
Three different UD pallets. The colors I used were: Fishnet, Honey, Peace, Uzi, and Ransom
NYX Glitter liner in Disco Queen
Cover Girl Lash Blast Mascara in Very Black

I think the glitter in the brows was overkill.. but hey... too late now!

What do you think? I had a lot of fun trying to bring the painting to my eyelid!

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

I recently became part of a group on Facebook that is dedicated to makeup, and sparkles and everything I love! Each week we have a challenge. This week it was, "FIERCE!"

To me, fierce makes me think of RuPaul's Drag Race. Those Queens are ALWAYS talking about being fierce and looking fierce. So that is where I drew my inspiration today. I've never done anything quite this crazy with my makeup. And really, it isn't really crazy compared to some other blogs I've seen.

I honestly just threw this look together super quick this morning before I even showered or anything. I knew I was going to end up washing it all off anyway, so why not roll out of bed and slap on some glitter, huh?! That is also why I only did half my face. I was being lazy since I knew it was going to come off as soon as I took some pictures and scared the boyfriend a little!

Here you go... FIERCE! Werk it gurl!

Excuse all the lashes... I'm still learning to apply them, and these ones were really stiff. ;(

Mascara got a little wonky... oops!

What I used:
CC Eyeshadow in Magic for upper lid and cheek contour
CC Eyeshadow in Poison for lower lid, lower lashline, and eyebrows
Old Aromaleigh and Taylor Made Minerals glitters all mixed up and all over the lid. Lower lid has a pink and yellow, upper lid has purple and teal, and lips have purple and pink.
I used two sets of lashes, both were missing the packaging, but I think one set is ELF and the other is Fantasy Maker.
I used Sally Girl Sparkle Effects Gel Adhesive for Glitter on the eyes and a clear gloss on the lips to hold glitter.
Cover Girl Lash Blast Mascara
Wet n Wild Mega Liner
NYX JEP's in Milk and Lime
CC Blush is Naughty Girl

I know, this is a jumbled mess... but I'm in a super huge hurry and I wanted to post this before I forgot what I used.

Whats your favorite way to use glitter? My favorite way is really in nail polish, glitter tattoos and as eyeliner!

Monday, November 14, 2011

Since the closing of TheSheSpace, I hadn't really branched out and tried other MMU companies. I decided I need to move on and accept that TSS is gone. :( I've been browsing around for a few weeks and I came across Geek Chic Cosmetics. I love the way their website is laid out... so easy to navigate, full of fun colors and totally witty!

It took about 1 1/2 weeks for the day I ordered to the day the product arrive, not bad.

What did I purchase?
I got a full size of "The Spider" since it was the color of the month and pretty cheap!
I also ordered 2 samples... "Sane Inside Insanity" and "Solid Snake."
AND... I received a FREE sample of "Drood."

Here is what they look like. *Swatched over NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk.*

My hand is pretty dry... yuck. I apologize!

I think the colors are very beautiful. Its nice to find great colors that aren't all sparkle! My favorites are hands down, Sane inside Insanity and Solid Snake.

Saturday, November 12, 2011

My boss texted me at 1:30 this morning to see if I wanted to come work today. Of course I didn't get it until I woke up... so I was a wee bit rushed this morning. I put this look together rather quickly but was very happy with it, aside from the wonky eyeliner job. I hope you like it!

Friday, November 11, 2011

Wow!!... there has been a lot of activity on my blog in the last 24 hours! It has totally inspired me to be a more faithful blogger. Thank you everyone who has subscribed to me!!... I really appreciate it!

Tonight, Ling and I are going to the first game of the season for UNLV men's basketball (we have season tickets)! The schools colors are red and grey, or white.. I don't know... but red is definitely a color. I asked Ling this morning what color I should do my eyes tonight... "grey." Lol! I took that to mean silver. A few months ago when Lady Gaga's album dropped there was a special party here in Vegas that I went to with a friend. I create a collection of eyeshadows for my look that night. I decided to wear them and create a "grey" smokey eye. I even was super successful at applying lashes. I usually totally suck at applying lashes!

Here are the colors in the "Lady Gaga" collection:

I have on my "I <3 UNLV" shirt on. It also has Hey Reb on it!!

Look at those lashes!

I totally love this look!! I feel like I was finally able to pull off a true smokey eye!

Thursday, November 10, 2011

As some of you know, I decided to name my cosmetic company, Chinovi Cosmetics, after 2 of my 7 nieces... Chilali and Honovi (they are Native American names). One of the collections I want to launch will be based on my family. Each of my nieces, sister, and my mommy get to create a color. So far 5 nieces and 1 sister have created their color. I felt like honoring them, if you will, by wearing some of their colors yesterday. Here's what I came up with!

Whole look, new hair color and all!

What I used:
FACE:
Revlon Colorstay Foundation in Buff Chamois
Stream Airbrush System Foundation in 05M
Chinovi Blush in Thankful
Chinovi Bronzer (unnamed)
BE Mineral Veil (I've yet to create a veil that is as good!)

I LOVE working at the salon! Whenever I feel like changing my hair or whatever, I have co-workers that can take care of it for me. My wonderful boos, April, told me to come in for a day of pampering. Most people don't like going to work on a day off, but I love to! I had told her quite a few months ago, when I was employed elsewhere, that I want to one day put fuchsia in my hair!... yup... I'm crazy sometimes! Just over a month ago, we put orange in for a halloween/fall event we had. When that faded out we slapped on some RED pigment... straight out of the tube. (I would go to a professional before doing such a thing, though... you never know what crazy colors your hair might pull!) That stuff stayed!... I washed it probably 15 times, and it just barely, BARELY faded at the ends. So when I went in for my day of pampering, April surprised me. I thought we were just putting more red on... but WHAT?... when my hair dried... it was a bit pink... and I LOVE it!

About Me

Hi. My name is Vanessa and I'm a makeup-a-holic. I love playing with eye makeup and trying different things. I've started accumulating a lot of new pigments so you are in for a colorful ride! I also love reading. I work for a publishing company so you can always count on me having a good book in my hands.